Film classification regulations in Australia require all films to
either be formally classified OR restricted to an audience of 18
years of age and over. Like most festivals, we do not have the resources
to classify films, and it is for this reason alone that we
are not able to admit any person under the age of 18 years to
the main MIAF screenings.

sunday 26 june, 4.00pmcinema 2(unclassified 18+)

The Hedgehog In The Fog | Yuri Norstein

Every year we curate a program focusing on
a specific animating technique. This year – as promised –
it’s cut-outs. On one level, cut-out animation is a pretty
easy technique to grasp. It’s one of the easiest techniques
to teach to kids for example, but the level of complexity that masters
of the form bring to it can breathe life in to what are nothing
more than small pieces of cardboard. The technique has been a mainstay
of many Russian and Eastern European animators, such as Yuru Norstein,
whose graceful little characters have enchanted audiences for decades.
This program mixes a collection of master works dating back to the
1940s with a selection of recent works, which are in competition.

The
Girl And The Hunter / La Fille Et Le Chasseur
Director: Jadwiga Kowalska
Producers: Jadwiga Kowalska, Claude Barras
Switzerland, 5'23, 2010The village is in big trouble. Outside it is
raining a young girl's tears and it's up to the hunter to put things
in order.
> www.0x2a.ch

The
Collagist
Directors: Amy Lockhart, Marc Bell
Producer: Amy Lockhart
Canada, 2'00, 2009A collage artist endeavours to complete his
work while interpreting and translating the beauty of toiling hands
and the action of scissors.
> www.amylogheart.blogspot.com

Phosphena
Director/Producer: Maya Erdelyi
USA, 4'00, 2010Phosphena – also known
as Phosphene – is an entoptic phenomenon charactised by the
experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye.
> www.mayaerdelyi.com

Peanuts
Director/Producer: Tim Romanowsky
Germany, 5'05, 2010 A graphic revision of
a 1929 Ub Iwerks short film. Famous figures and classic visual elements
flow together in a new and devolved world without rules or boundaries.
> www.timromanowsky.com

The
Rooster, The Crocodile And The Night Sky
Padraig Fagan
Ireland, 6'34, 2008 A tale of passion, loss,
surreal comedy and explosive violence, all animated to create a dreamy,
hand-made aesthetic. A visual paradox.
> www.barleyfilms.net

Petticoat
/ Onderrok
Director: Jade de Paepe :
France, 3'30, 2010Curiosity gets the better
of a small boy who wanders just a little close in his search to find
out what's underneath the petticoats of dancing women.

Viliam
Director/Producer: Veronika Obertova
Slovakia, 7'00, 2010Viliam lives in his own
animated life within the real world. Childish fun turns into a problem,
the problem becomes a solution. No solution is perfect though…
> www.ovepictures.com

Jeannine
M.
Gregoire Lemoine
France, 2010, 4'05 Lots of motivation, a
gassed up rocket-ship and a good ol' fashioned telephone - all this
crew of pensioners need to change the world.
> www.poudriere.eu

The
Three Blind Mice
Director: George Dunning
Canada, 5'10, 1945The beloved nursery rhyme
is put to use to illustrate why industrial safety rules must be observed
with no less amputative results than in the original version.